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TITLE IX-CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS SEC. 901. INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT. Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Pub. L. No. 95-452) is amended by- (1) inserting "Homeland Security," after "Transportation," each place it appears; (2) replacing "; and" each place it appears with ";"; (3) replacing ",," with ","; and (4) replacing ";;" with ";".

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SEC. 902. EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE. Title 5, United States Code, is amended- (1) in section 5312, by inserting "Secretary of Homeland Security." as a new item after "Affairs."; (2) in section 5313, by inserting "Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security." as a new item after "Affairs."; (3) in section 5314, by inserting "Under Secretaries, Department of Homeland Security." as a new item after "Affairs." the third place it appears; (4) in section 5315, by inserting "Assistant Secretaries, Department of Homeland Security.", "General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.", "Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security.", "Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security.", and "Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security." as new items after "Affairs." the first place it appears.

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SEC. 903. UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE. (a) The United States Code is amended in sections 202 and 208 of title 3, and in section 3056 of title 18, by replacing "of the Treasury", each place it appears, with "of Homeland Security". (b) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of transfer of the United States Secret Service to the Department.

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SEC. 904. COAST GUARD. (a) Title 14 of the United States Code is amended- (1) in sections 1, 3, 53, 95, 145, 516, 666, 669, 673 (as added by Pub. L. No. 104-201), 673 (as added by Pub. L. No. 104-324), 674, 687, and 688, by replacing "of Transportation", each place it appears, with "of Homeland Security"; and (2) after executing the other amendments required by this subsection, by redesignating the section 673 added by Pub. L. No. 104- 324 as section 673a. (b) Section 801(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by replacing "the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation" with "an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security". (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department.

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SEC. 905. STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE AND SMALLPOX VACCINE DEVELOPMENT. (a) The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 is amended- (1) in section 121(a)(1)- (A) by replacing "Secretary of Health and Human Services" with "Secretary of Homeland Security"; (B) by inserting "the Secretary of Health and Human Services and" between "in coordination with" and "the Secretary of Veterans Affairs"; and (C) by inserting "of Health and Human Services" after "as are determined by the Secretary"; and (2) in subsections 121(a)(2) and (b), by inserting "of Health and Human Services" after "Secretary" each place it appears. (b) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of transfer of the Strategic National Stockpile of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department.

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SEC. 906. SELECT AGENT REGISTRATION. (a) The Public Health Service Act is amended- (1) in section 351A(a)(1)(A), by inserting "(as defined in subsection (l)(9))" after "Secretary"; (2) in section 351A(h)(2)(A), by inserting "Department of Homeland Security, the" before "Department of Health and Human Services"; (3) in section 351A(l), by inserting after paragraph (8) a new paragraph as follows: "(9) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services."; and (4) in section 352A(i)- (i) by striking "(1)" the first place it appears; and (ii) by striking paragraph (2). (b) Section 201(b) of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 is amended by replacing "Secretary of Health and Human Services" with "Secretary of Homeland Security". (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of transfer of the select agent registration enforcement programs and activities of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department.

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SEC. 907. NATIONAL BIO-WEAPONS DEFENSE ANALYSIS CENTER. There is established in the Department of Defense a National Bio- Weapons Defense Analysis Center, whose mission is to develop countermeasures to potential attacks by terrorists using weapons of mass destruction.

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